<? pag\vskip-16pt?> Harnessing linear and angular momenta of light is one of the
cornerstones in modern optics and has found tremendous applications in optical circuits …

Optical tweezers and associated manipulation tools in the far field have had a major impact
on scientific and engineering research by offering precise manipulation of small objects …

Optical tweezers employing forces produced by light underpin important manipulation tools
employed in numerous areas of applied and biological physics. Conventional optical …

Optical forces, generally arising from changes of field gradients or linear momentum carried
by photons, form the basis for optical trapping and manipulation. Advances in optical forces …

The concept of lateral optical force (LOF) is of general interest in optical manipulation as it
releases the constraint of intensity gradient in tightly focused light, yet such a force is …

Optical manipulations utilizing the mechanical effect of light have been indispensable in
various disciplines. Among those various manipulations, optical pulling has emerged …

Electromagnetic forces and torques enable many key technologies, including optical
tweezers or dielectrophoresis. Interestingly, both techniques rely on the same physical …

Propulsive effects of light, which often remain unnoticed in our daily-life experience, manifest
themselves on spatial scales ranging from subatomic to astronomical. Light-mediated forces …

Undoubtedly, laser tweezers are the most recognized application of optically induced
mechanical action. Their operation is usually described in terms of conservative forces …

We propose a novel approach to generating optical pulling forces on a gold nanowire, which
are placed inside or above a hyperbolic metamaterial and subjected to plane wave …